Members of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources are conducting fact-finding activities in the Maritimes over the next few days and will be meeting with representatives involved in the safe transport of hydrocarbons. These meetings, from May 27 to May 29, will focus on themes such as safety management systems, … Read more
Leader of the Government in the Senate, Ontario Conservative Senator Marjory Lebreton made a statement on Conservative Prince Edward Island Senator Mike Duffy's decision to resign from caucus and sit as an independent senator. The full statement is available online. Call 613-697-4449.
Conservative Saskatchewan Senator David Tkachuk, chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Internal Economy, made a statement regarding inquiries in the press recently about untoward influence on the Senate Committee on Internal Economy’s conduct of its work involving Conservative Prince Edward Island Senator Mike Duffy’s living expense claims. The full statement is available online. Call … Read more
The Senate Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has accepted the report of a subcommittee which recommended that Liberal Ontario Senator Mac Harb be ordered to repay moneys received for accommodations in Ottawa on the basis that his true principal residence was in Ottawa and not in a location situated at least 100 … Read more
Members of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce completed its consideration of Bill S-17, An Act to implement conventions, protocols, agreements and a supplementary convention, concluded between Canada and Namibia, Serbia, Poland, Hong Kong, Luxembourg and Switzerland, for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to … Read more
The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration released a provisional date for receiving the requested external audits of senators' residential expenses. Barring unforeseen delays, the committee chair, Saskatchewan Conservative Senator David Tkachuk, announced that the reports on residential expenses will be received by the full committee May 9, 2013. More information is available online.
Conservative Prince Edward Island Senator Senator Mike Duffy has reimbursed the receiver general $90,172.24 for living allowance expenses. Contact: media@sen.parl.gc.ca for more information.
Canada needs a single, cohesive national air travel strategy, which must take into account the needs and challenges of all regions, particularly in the North, to chart a new course toward increased air travel in Canada. This is one of the main recommendations made by the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications in its … Read more
Members of the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence elected Conservative Yukon Senator Daniel Lang as the new chair of the committee and new member of the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs. More information is available online. Call 613-995-1952.
Canada needs to improve and modernize the monitoring of drugs that have already been approved and are in use currently, says a report entitled: Prescription Pharmaceuticals in Canada: Post-Approval Monitoring of Safety and Effectiveness tabled by the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. The report is a thorough assessment of the current … Read more
